!Cancelled! Annual Meeting Experimental Plant Sciences

Corona virus / COVID-19

EPS has decided to cancel this year’s Annual Meeting Experimental Plant Sciences planned for April 6 & 7.
We considered that it would not be responsible to let the meeting continue considering the present situation with the COVID-19 virus in the Netherlands.
If you have any questions about the cancellation, please contact Ingrid Vleghels.

On Monday April 6 and Tuesday April 7, the yearly two-day Meeting Experimental Plant Sciences 2020 will be held in Lunteren at conference centre ‘De Werelt’.
The programme will consist of plenary sessions on Monday, thematic parallel sessions on Tuesday and this year for the first time a closing plenary session on Tuesday.

EPS PI’s have received an invitation to put forward candidates for oral presentations on Tuesday. Applications for oral presentations can be sent to the EPS secretariat (Heleen.Schoenmaker@wur.nl) until March 6 at the latest.

Registration fee University/institution participants:
Registration: € 80 (registration is for both days and includes lunch)
Dinner: € 30
Hotel room (2p): € 70 (€ 35 p.p.)

Late fee (registration March 16 – March 28) University/institution participants:
Registration: € 120
Dinner: € 30
Hotel room (2p): € 100 (€ 50 p.p.)

Cancellation conditions University/institution participants:
– In case of cancellation up to two weeks prior to the start of the event, a fee of € 30,- will be charged.
– In case of cancellation within two weeks prior to the start of the event, a fee of € 60,- will be charged.

Fee Industry participants:
Registration: € 350
Dinner: € 30
Hotel room (1 or 2p) : € 120

Late fee Industry participants:
Registration: € 450
Dinner: € 30
Hotel room (1 or 2p): € 120

Cancellation conditions Industry participants:
– In case of cancellation up to 2 weeks prior to the start of the event, a fee of € 50 will be charged.
– In case of cancellation within 2 weeks prior to the start of the event a fee of € 100 will be charged

Registration deadline is March 16th 2020

Register for the meeting

Posters
Registered participants can register for a poster presentation. The deadline for submitting a poster title is March 16. PhD candidates with a poster compete for the Best poster award, a competition organized by the PhD council.
Register for Poster presentation

Plant Science Slam
The Plant Science Slam is back! On the evening of Monday April 6 a Plant Science Slam wil be organized. PhD candidates, who present a poster at the meeting, can register for a 3-minute flash talk, with a maximum of three slides. A maximum of 6 PhD candidates, preferably one of each in EPS participating university, can be selected for a flash talk. Deadline to apply for a flash talk is March 16.
Register for flash talk (PhD candidates only)


Monday, April 6, 2020 through April 7
Program will follow
Conference Centre and Hotel 'De Werelt'
Westhofflaan 2, Lunteren